Friday, August 31, 2012

Well I kinda thought this was going to be an ongoing series about that group "those that are here to help you people" getting up close and personal with Surveillance/Drones.It is, but is veering onto an interesting Path. It's not upsetting to most Sheeple. Has anyone seen the Minority Report already? You do NOT want A.I. thinking for Cops, I mean for many reasons.Apparently all these riots and mayhem the Media predicted for Tampa must have gone unreported or was simple "spoon feeding" as usual.Another Convention this week. How many Vets need to be detained on Trumped-Up BS to make the rest of them see that this is getting progressively worse. Incremental Suspension of our Rights is happening bit by bit (no pun intended).Keep an eye and an ear to what is happening around you. If you notice subtle changes in patterns or methods by "those people", Monitor This.I'm not interested in calling out the perpetrators, but we still have rights as Citizens, Right?Right?-MP

Ok, I got my e.o. numbers all mixed up.But I found this instead. Covers a whole bunch of stuff...

So Where Do Anti-Hoarding Laws Come In?

These ideas of anti-hoarding legislation may have stemmed from two areas of confusion:

First is from Executive Orders in place dating back to 1939 which
Clinton has grouped together under one order, EO #12919 released on June
6, 1994. The following EOs all fall under EO#12919:

10995--Federal seizure of all communications media in the US; 10997--Federal seizure of all electric power, fuels, minerals, public and private; 10998--Federal seizure of all food supplies and resources, public and private and all farms and equipment;
10999--Federal seizure of all means of transportation, including cars,
trucks, or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways,
seaports and water ways; 11000--Federal seizure of American people
for work forces under federal supervision, including the splitting up of
families if the government so desires; 11001--Federal seizure of all health, education and welfare facilities, both public and private; 11002--Empowers the Postmaster General to register every single person in the US 11003--Federal seizure of all airports and aircraft;
11004--Federal seizure of all housing and finances and authority to
establish forced relocation. Authority to designate areas to be
abandoned as "unsafe," establish new locations for populations, relocate
communities, build new housing with public funds; 11005--Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways and storage facilities, both public and private;
11051--Provides FEMA complete authorization to put above orders into
effect in times of increased international tension of economic or
financial crisis (FEMA will be in control incase of "National
Emergency").

These EOs are not aimed at anti-hoarding but
rather at seizure or confiscation of items and facilities "to provide a
state of readiness in these resource areas with respect to all
conditions of national emergency, including attack upon the United
States." You'll find most 'seizure' legislation ends with this phrase.
These Executive Orders don't define what specifically constitutes a
national emergency and maybe this is as it should be. The specifics on
hoarding are left up to the individual states.

What Is FEMA's Role?

EO #11051 is interesting; it authorizes FEMA near-total power in times
of crisis. There's been lots of discussion on the Internet regarding the
excessive control FEMA has been granted and it was pointedly commented
upon in July's world premiere movie release of the "X-Files".

FEMA was created by President Carter under Executive Order #12148. Its
legal authorization is Title 42, United States Code 5121 (42 USC Sec.
5121) called the "Stafford Act." During activation of Executive Orders,
FEMA answers only to the National Security Council which answers only to
the President. Once these powers are invoked, not even Congress can
intervene or countermand them for six months.

What Clinton, or
Reagan, or any other president did when writing an EO, was to direct his
Cabinet member(s), in this case FEMA, to take specific action to carry
out the directives of the EO. Where Jimmy Carter had created FEMA by
Esecutive Order in 1979, Robert Safford took it a step futher and pushed
a bill through in 1988 that made it law. This legislation made FEMA a
bonafide department like Justice. Where the EO is critical to the USC
(United States Code) and Title 50, is in interpreting the law how that
department or FEMA, should conduct itself when declaring they will tell
the states, national guard, military forces, or whomever, to confiscate
extra hoarded food or medical supplies or whatever...

We must
also consider any PDD (Presidential Decision Directives) Ok, so who will
determine how much food we have in our house - why FEMA of course. And
the amount depends on the need of all...not your needs or my needs...but
the "welfare" of the the needy.

Bottom line? Clinton delegated
authority to FEMA to run the show however it sees fit if he declares a
national emergency. Who will determine how much food we can have in our
house? FEMA. And the amount depends on the needs of all...not your needs
or my needs...but the "welfare" of the needy.

Many people have
balked about FEMA's extensive authority, but think about it, what other
agency has the manpower to cover and implement aid? As it is, FEMA
still does not have the manpower to control every city all over the US
in times of crisis. Chances are they would only be dispatched to larger
metropolitan areas where more crowd control might be needed. Lots of
people suggest darker reasons for their existence, but this site is only
addressing anti-hoarding legislation, nothing else.

EO #11051
covering "economic or financial crisis" certainly would have terrorism
implications as well. An emergency does not have to be defined as
another Hurricane Hugo or massive Midwestern flooding.

Preppers Are Now Considered To Be Potential Terrorists? - Madtown Preppers 3.26.12.

The other area where anti-hoarding confusion might have arisen is state
legislation. Most states have chosen to enact their own anti-hoarding
laws. That means some states may not have such laws, others do and not
all are uniform. However, uniformity of state law is something governors
are striving for under the Interstate Compact Agreement. The Compact
Agreements, much like Executive Orders for the president, really don't
require voters' input. They are law if the legislature doesn't object,
much like Congress that has 30 days to object to an EO before it becomes
law.

At times of "declared emergencies", each governor cedes
(gives over) authority of his/her state to the federal government. When a
governor declares it for his state, he becomes the delegated
representative of the federal government according to an Interstate
Compact Agreement. Bottom line, even though federal legislation does not
directly address anti-hoarding, goods can be seized if national
circumstances are felt to warrant it whether or not amounts stored are
deemed excessive in your state's eyes.

How Can I Find The Legislation for My State?

Since these anti-hoarding laws are not federal in nature, one would
need to look at Titles for his/her own state. These statutes should be
located under Public Safety laws or titles. For specific URLs go to
State Legislation Locator. To locate information for your state, look
for laws about:

Blood Typing Disaster Preparedness Emergencies Hoarding Injections Martial Law Militia National Guard Public Safety or Public Welfare State Militia State Police Force Hawaii As A Specific Example of Anti-Hoarding

For Hawaii, this information will be found in Title 10 under "Public
Safety". It is located after legislation on militias, state guard
troops, etc. Then you find the jewel... In Hawaii you are considered a
"hoarder" if you have more than one week's provisions on hand BUT you
have to dig to uncover this information. Here is a specific example:

"HAWAII REVISED STATUTES REVISED 1997, Title 10:

(1) Prevention of *hoarding, waste, etc. To the extent necessary to
prevent hoarding, waste, or destruction of materials, supplies,
commodities, accommodations, facilities, and services, to effectuate
equitable distribution thereof, or to establish priorities therein as
the public welfare may require, to investigate, and any other law to the
contrary notwithstanding, to regulate or prohibit, by means of
licensing, rationing, or otherwise, the storage, transportation, use,
possession, maintenance, furnishing, sale, or distribution thereof, and
any business or any transaction related thereto."

Committee Notes? Huh?

In the actual Title document for Hawaii, you will not find the
specifics for what length of time constitutes "hoarding" nor an amount.
Instead, you must look at the committee notes which describes it as the
opinion that one week's supplies per person is considered adequate food
provisions. It is not spelled out what those provisions shall consist of
or how much is considered "adequate" until you get to the committee
notes.

You will probably have to "dig" for the committee notes
as well. Lynn Shaffer, our legislative interpreter, explains committee
notes this way. "When the legislature agrees that a law or statute is
needed to effect certain governmental goals to prohibit or encourage
civilians to respond in a particular way, that statute has attached to
it (you will see it printed in the law books) what is called "committee
notes." The courts, when making a determination of how the statute is to
be interpreted and applied to the case before it, looks to "legislative
intent" or what was recorded in the committee's notes when the bill was
meandering its way through the legislative process."

Again using Hawaii's Titles as an example, any items in excess of what
legislation has deemed appropriate to store (in Hawaii's case any amount
over 1 week) is subject to forfeiture and may be confiscated, ordered
destroyed or may be redistributed for public use. See exact text below:

"128-28 Forfeitures. The forfeiture of any property unlawfully
possessed, pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 128-8, may be adjudged
upon conviction of the offender found to be unlawfully in possession of
the same, where no person other than the offender is entitled to notice
and hearing with respect to the forfeiture, or the forfeiture may be
enforced by an appropriate civil proceeding brought in the name of the
State. The district courts and circuit courts shall have concurrent
jurisdiction of the civil proceedings. Any property forfeited as
provided in this section may be ordered destroyed, or may be ordered
delivered for public use to such agency as shall be designated by the
governor or the governor's representative, or may be ordered sold,
wholly or partially, for the account of the State. [L 1951, c 268, pt of
2; RL 1955, 359-25; HRS 128- 28; am imp L 1984, c 90, 1]"

Sunday, August 26, 2012

These guys do Great Work. Any serious Prepper should join American Preppers Network.The National Network can link you to your LOCAL affiliate Groups and Meetups.Much Thanks to Frank Burns, Jalapeno Gal, and APN for sharing the Knowledge.Remember, NOW is a Great Time, no?Now works for me.Stay Alert. Stay Informed. Stay Involved.Cheers,_MP

Today we are going to feature a DEEP, Theory-Based article on BOB's and Go Bags.Time to tidy up your Kit.Enjoy and Share.

Prepper Theory behind 72 Hour Kits, BOBs, Every Day Carry and other Kits

By Phil Burns - Sat Aug 25, 7:07 pm

Behind every authoritative article on Prepping is an underlying theory that defines it.

As Preppers, we talk a lot about all kinds of equipment sets and go
into detail about what goes in them and how to organize them. But what
is the difference between these Kits and why do we have so many?
Prepper Theory is based on massive amounts of research. This
includes studying reports of what has happened in a disaster, in-depth
discussions with people who have lived through disasters and reading
other people’s research.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

In an ongoing Study of WTF the "people here to help us" are doing to get ready for "something", we at MP are committed to finding the Truth wherever it may lie.

Cokedale, CO, population 132 + 5 military flat beds are parked there, having brought in 3-4 dozers,
2-3 graders, a couple of front end loaders, 6-8 dump trucks, a bobcat, a
handful of hum v’s, and a tanker truck, probably for fuel. They arrived
about 7-14 days ago.

Monday, August 20, 2012

here we go - think what ever you want about it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attorney Statement on Brandon Raub; Raub to Be Detained Indefinitely Submitted by P.Au.L on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 16:38 in Politics, General + Law(s) Quicklink
CHESTERFIELD, VA— The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a
former Marine, 26-year-old Brandon Raub, who was arrested, detained
indefinitely in a psych ward and forced to undergo psychological
evaluations based solely on the controversial nature of lines from song
lyrics, political messages and virtual card games which he posted to his
private Facebook page. Although the FBI and Chesterfield County police
have not charged Brandon Raub, a resident of Chesterfield County, Va.,
with committing any crime, they arrested Raub on Thursday, August 16,
2012, and transported him to John Randolph Medical Center, where he was
held against his will due to alleged concerns that his Facebook posts
were controversial and “terrorist in nature.”

In a hearing held
at the hospital, government officials disregarded Raub’s explanation
that the Facebook posts were being interpreted out of context,
sentencing him up to 30 days’ further confinement in a VA psych ward. In
coming to Raub’s defense, Rutherford Institute attorneys are
challenging Raub’s arrest and forcible detention, as well as the
government’s overt Facebook surveillance and violation of Raub’s First
Amendment rights.

“For government officials to not only arrest
Brandon Raub for doing nothing more than exercising his First Amendment
rights but to actually force him to undergo psychological evaluations
and detain him against his will goes against every constitutional
principle this country was founded upon. This should be a wake-up call
to Americans that the police state is here,” said John W. Whitehead,
president of The Rutherford Institute. “Brandon Raub is no different
from the majority of Americans who use their private Facebook pages to
post a variety of content, ranging from song lyrics and political
hyperbole to trash talking their neighbors, friends and government
leaders.”

Brandon Raub, a former Marine who has served tours in
Iraq and Afghanistan, was detained by FBI agents and police officers at
his home in Chesterfield County based upon the nature of content posted
to his Facebook page in recent months. Like many Facebook users, Raub
uses his Facebook page to post songs lyrics and air his political
opinions, as well as engage in virtual online games with other users.

On Thursday, August 16, police and FBI agents arrived at Raub’s home,
asking to speak with him about his Facebook posts. They did not provide
Raub with a search warrant. Raub was cooperative and agreed to speak
with them. Without providing any explanation, levying any charges
against Raub or reading him his rights, law enforcement officials then
handcuffed Raub and transported him first to the police headquarters,
then to John Randolph Medical Center, where he was held against his
will.

Outraged onlookers filmed the arrest and posted the
footage to YouTube. Law enforcement officials have stated in press
reports that Raub was not arrested. However, as attorney John Whitehead
points out, if the police have put handcuffs on you and you’re being
held against your will, that qualifies as an arrest.

In a
hearing before a special justice on August 20, government officials
again pointed to Raub’s Facebook posts as the sole reason for their
concern and for his continued incarceration. Ignoring Raub’s
explanations about the fact that the Facebook posts were being read out
of context and his attorney’s First Amendment defense, the special
justice agreed that Raub should be incarcerated at a VA hospital for up
to 30 more days. Rutherford Institute attorneys are working to challenge
Raub’s detention and the highly unconstitutional nature of the
government’s actions.

Here is a report coming
out of the Heritage foundation regarding what the US Congress is doing
to prepare for an EMP attack. Follow the House bill link.

The
impression I had while reading the bill was that congress was going to
try and reinvent the wheel, so the fact that anything will be done
anytime soon, is unrealistic.

That
means we must have our own plans for an EMP situation. These plans must
be developed and written down in our family Emergency Action Plans. If
we suffer a EMP a lot of items that we have come to rely on will be
gone. This will include Air conditioners, heating, life support systems,
breathing machines, etc.

We
need to take a look at what we rely on first and make alternative plans
for those items, before we worry about items like computers, ipads, and
cell phones. Generators might be out and solar power takes so long to
recharge.

Common
Sense Preparedness is suggesting that you divide your EMP into two
parts One life safety equipment and two convenient items. You will need
to develop storage plans and power plans for both lists. These plans
should be included into your Family Emergency Plans

A wise man prepares for the darkness, while a fool plays. Don’t get caught playing.

Listen to Common Sense Preparedness – An American Readiness Program at cspdb.com

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order to save as many lives as we can please pass this information
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Source Report

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States would have truly devastating effects. An attack would change the“very fabric of U.S. society,”and
millions could potentially lose their lives in the aftermath. Yet as
the name “EMP Awareness Day” suggests, Americans and our nation’s
leaders remain woefully unprepared to protect against this threat.

An
EMP is a high-intensity burst of electromagnetic energy caused by the
rapid acceleration of charged particles. Caused by either a nuclear
weapon detonated high in the atmosphere, a radio-frequency weapon, or a
naturally occurring solar storm, an EMP event could cause entire regions
of the country to lose electricity—permanently. Cars, cell phones, and
computers would all be dead. Water, sewer, and electrical networks would
fail simultaneously. Banking, transportation, food production and
delivery, and even emergency services would collapse.

Yet, as Heritage has explained,
despite the gravity of the EMP threat, “a survey of congressional,
federal, state, local, and international measures to deal with the
threat reveals more complacency than action.”

Indeed,
despite the many recommendations of such congressionally mandated
commissions as the EMP Commission and the Quadrennial Defense Review
Panel, little progress has been made to protect the country from an EMP
attack and prepare for the aftermath. And at the state and local level
things are equally as bad:

A
2007 survey of state adjutant generals, the officials responsible for
overseeing National Guard units, found that few states were prepared for
an EMP attack.… [A]lthough 96 percent of adjutant generals surveyed
indicated that they were concerned with the threat posed by an EMP
attack, few had analyzed the actual impact details of an EMP attack.

Recognizing this fact,House Resolution 762,
recently introduced by Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R–MD),
encourages local communities to create sustainable local infrastructure
and local power generation, food, and water production so that our
nation’s communities are better prepared in the event of a large scale
disaster. H.R. 762 also encourages citizens to develop individual
emergency plans so that they are able to care for themselves and their
families in the absence of government assistance.

These
policies would increase preparedness in the event of an EMP attack and
help ensure that communities and their citizens are better able to
respond the in the aftermath of all manners of catastrophic disasters.

In a normal catastrophic disaster, the federal government couldtake up to 72 hours to respond.
In the event of an EMP attack, things would likely be much worse. Local
communities and their citizens need to be prepared to help themselves
in the event of the next disaster.

A Chesterfield County man and Marine veteran is in a local
hospital after being picked up by federal and local law enforcement
officials concerned about threatening Internet postings.
Brandon J. Raub, 26, was in Hopewell's John Randolph Medical Center on Saturday.
"I'm currently in John Randolph in the psychiatric ward being held against my will," Raub said in a telephone interview.

Reports of his detention Thursday have gone viral on the Internet.
Raub said Secret Service, FBI and Chesterfield police officers came
to his home Thursday. "They were concerned about me calling for the
arrest of government officials," he said.
He was taken to the Chesterfield police station and then to the hospital, he said.

"I talked to a Secret Service gentleman for 20, 30 minutes," Raub
said. "I was very cooperative and answered everything honestly.
"I really love America, and I think that idea that you can be
detained and sent somewhere without due process and a lawyer … is
crazy."

Raub said he has been raising questions about 9/11 and signed a petition to reopen investigation of the terrorist attacks.

On Wednesday, Raub posted on his Facebook page, "The Revolution is here. And I will lead it."

On Aug. 11, he posted: "I know many of you think I'm going crazy, and
are wondering just why I have been posting the things I have been
posting. I don't have the energy to explain. Just know that a new
beginning is coming."

An Aug. 5 post said, "If you are unaware of the great amount of evil
perpetrated by the American Government I suggest you take … your head
out of the sand. The day of reckoning is almost at hand."

And on Aug. 4, he posted, "I am standing against a great evil. I will do it all by myself if I have to."
"Our office had received a complaint about threatening posts," said
Dee Rybiski, spokeswoman for the Richmond FBI office. "

As we would do in
any circumstance such as this, our office along with Chesterfield
Police (Department) officers went to interview Mr. Raub.
"The FBI did not arrest him," Rybiski said. "We are not commenting any further."

Chesterfield police Lt. Rich McCullough said Saturday, "We were
assisting the FBI in a matter. All we did was transport" him to John
Randolph for medical evaluation.
According to Secret Service spokesman Max Milien in Washington, "That subject was not arrested by us on any charges."

Raub said he served in the Marine Corps from 2005 to 2011 and was a
combat engineer sergeant with service in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has a
home silver numismatic-coin business.

RICHMOND,
VA - Former Marine Brandon J. Raub was taken by FBI and the
Chesterfield County Virginia Police Department on 8/16/2012. They asked
him questions about his posts on Facebook, then took him away in
handcuffs. According to his mother, Brandon was not read his rights,
and taken because his comments were "terrorist in nature." She was told
that her son was taken to a psychiatric facility

to
determine if he is "fit for society." When she called the facility
(Popular Springs, in Petersburg, VA), they had no record of his
admittance. BLOG COVERAGE:http://jeenyuscorner.com/

UPDATE
ON BRANDON J. RAUB, USMC *VETERAN* - 26 yrs old, 'detained' by federal
authorities on Thursday, 16 Aug 2012. His mother reports that he will
have some sort of 'hearing' on Monday the 20th of August. "A
Chesterfield County, VA, man and Marine veteran is in a local hospital
after being picked up by federal and local law enforcement officials
concerned about threatening Internet postings. Br andon J. Raub, 26, was in Hopewell's John Randolph Medical Center on Saturday. "I'm currently in John Randolph in the psychiatric ward being held against my will," Raub said in a telephone interview.

Reports of his detention Thursday have gone viral on the Internet.
Raub said Secret Service, FBI and Chesterfield police officers came to
his home Thursday. "They were concerned about me calling for the arrest
of government officials," he said. He was taken to the Chesterfield police station and then to the hospital, he said.
"I talked to a Secret Service gentleman for 20, 30 minutes," Raub said.
"I was very cooperative and answered everything honestly. "I really
love America, and I think that idea that you can be detained and sent
somewhere without due process and a lawyer … is crazy." Please read more at:http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2012/aug/19/tdmet02-chesterfield-man-held-in-hospital-on-conce-ar-2140519/

Thursday, August 16, 2012

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